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The Story of Human Language
- By: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
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Learn how a single tongue spoken 150,000 years ago evolved into the estimated 6,000 languages used around the world today....
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You'll Never Look at Languages the Same Way Again
- By SAMA on 03-11-14
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The Story of Human Language
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Series: The Great Courses: Linguistics
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 07-08-13
- Language: English
- Learn how a single tongue spoken 150,000 years ago evolved into the estimated 6,000 languages used around the world today....
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Between the World and Me
- By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis....
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A Heartfelt Self-aware Literary Masterpiece
- By T Spencer on 07-30-15
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Between the World and Me
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 07-14-15
- Language: English
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In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis....
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Ancient Greek Civilization
- By: Jeremy McInerney, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jeremy McInerney PhD University of California at Berkeley
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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Clearly, the Greeks are a source of much that we esteem in our own culture.....
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A little disappointed
- By Jay on 02-18-14
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Ancient Greek Civilization
- Narrated by: Jeremy McInerney PhD University of California at Berkeley
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient History
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 07-08-13
- Language: English
- Clearly, the Greeks are a source of much that we esteem in our own culture.....
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Flowers for Algernon
- By: Daniel Keyes
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Charlie Gordon knows that he isn't very bright. At 32, he mops floors in a bakery and earns just enough to get by....
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Walk with a Swagger
- By Tim on 05-30-14
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Flowers for Algernon
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 08-31-09
- Language: English
- Charlie Gordon knows that he isn't very bright. At 32, he mops floors in a bakery and earns just enough to get by....
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Just Mercy
- A Story of Justice and Redemption
- By: Bryan Stevenson
- Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system....
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Made me question justice, peers and myself.
- By Kristy VL on 04-17-15
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Just Mercy
- A Story of Justice and Redemption
- Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 10-21-14
- Language: English
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Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system....
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
- By: Mark Manson
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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This generation-defining self-help guide shows us the key to being happier is to stop being positive and instead become better at adversity.
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A book for 20-somethings, but not me
- By Bonny on 09-22-16
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 09-13-16
- Language: English
- This generation-defining self-help guide shows us the key to being happier is to stop being positive and instead become better at adversity.
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- And Other Lessons from the Crematory
- By: Caitlin Doughty
- Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty - a 20-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre - took a job at a crematory....
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Loved it So Much I Bought it After Reading it Free
- By J. Mattox on 05-17-17
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- And Other Lessons from the Crematory
- Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-19-14
- Language: English
- Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty - a 20-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre - took a job at a crematory....
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The Prophet
- By: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrated by: Riz Ahmed
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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On the face of it, a simple book of 26 poem fables sharing one man’s wisdom. But The Prophet is so much more than that....
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Riz Ahmed's Narraration Is So Moving!
- By Dee Tree on 09-12-21
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The Prophet
- Narrated by: Riz Ahmed
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Release date: 08-26-21
- Language: English
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On the face of it, a simple book of 26 poem fables sharing one man’s wisdom. But The Prophet is so much more than that....
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Dopamine Nation
- Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
- By: Dr. Anna Lembke
- Narrated by: Dr. Anna Lembke
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential....
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Interesting but feels incomplete
- By Chris on 09-02-21
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Dopamine Nation
- Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
- Narrated by: Dr. Anna Lembke
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-24-21
- Language: English
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This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential....
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The Code Breaker
- Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur, Walter Isaacson
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
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The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with an account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies....
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Except for the author, this book is good!
- By Johan on 03-14-21
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The Code Breaker
- Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur, Walter Isaacson
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 03-09-21
- Language: English
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The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with an account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies....
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- By: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail"
- By Joshua Kim on 05-01-12
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 03-20-12
- Language: English
- Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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The Black Swan, Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"
- Incerto, Book 2
- By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
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A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was....
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Interesting, but over the top
- By Anonymous User on 08-08-19
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The Black Swan, Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"
- Incerto, Book 2
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 01-08-19
- Language: English
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A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was....
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Outlive
- The Science and Art of Longevity
- By: Peter Attia MD, Bill Gifford - contributor
- Narrated by: Peter Attia MD
- Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
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Wouldn’t you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health....
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Too Much Filler
- By J. Badaracco on 04-09-23
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Outlive
- The Science and Art of Longevity
- Narrated by: Peter Attia MD
- Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-28-23
- Language: English
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Wouldn’t you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health....
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Atlas of the Heart
- Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
- By: Brené Brown
- Narrated by: Brené Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through 87 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human....
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Perfect
- By Mandy on 02-16-22
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Atlas of the Heart
- Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
- Narrated by: Brené Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 02-14-22
- Language: English
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In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through 87 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human....
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The Demon-Haunted World
- Science as a Candle in the Dark
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: Cary Elwes, Seth MacFarlane
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
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How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Find out....
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Some good points, but not a great book
- By William Jenks on 07-25-19
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The Demon-Haunted World
- Science as a Candle in the Dark
- Narrated by: Cary Elwes, Seth MacFarlane
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 05-30-17
- Language: English
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How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Find out....
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Elon Musk
- Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
- By: Ashlee Vance
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
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Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley's most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs....
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The best of competence porn
- By Tristan on 08-20-16
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Elon Musk
- Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 05-19-15
- Language: English
- Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley's most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs....
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The Complete TurtleTrader
- How 23 Novice Investors Became Overnight Millionaires
- By: Michael W. Covel
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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This is the true story behind Wall Street legend Richard Dennis, his disciples, the Turtles, and the trading techniques that made them millionaires....
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Entertaining & helped me make real money.
- By Brad Mills on 09-16-16
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The Complete TurtleTrader
- How 23 Novice Investors Became Overnight Millionaires
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 08-31-16
- Language: English
- This is the true story behind Wall Street legend Richard Dennis, his disciples, the Turtles, and the trading techniques that made them millionaires....
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Magicians of the Gods
- The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth’s Lost Civilization
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
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Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth's lost civilization. Twenty years on, Hancock returns with the sequel to his seminal work....
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"Brilliant" is an understatement.
- By Brian on 11-13-15
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Magicians of the Gods
- The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth’s Lost Civilization
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 11-10-15
- Language: English
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Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth's lost civilization. Twenty years on, Hancock returns with the sequel to his seminal work....
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Sex at Dawn
- How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
- By: Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson, Jonathan Davis, Christopher Ryan (Preface)
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species....
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Strawmen and Ad Hominems
- By Carolyn on 09-18-12
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Sex at Dawn
- How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson, Jonathan Davis, Christopher Ryan (Preface)
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 11-02-10
- Language: English
- Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species....
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The Feminine Mystique
- By: Betty Friedan
- Narrated by: Parker Posey
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
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The book that changed the consciousness of a country - and the world....
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A landmark book of its time and relevant now
- By Anthony on 01-23-15
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The Feminine Mystique
- Narrated by: Parker Posey
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 08-11-09
- Language: English
- The book that changed the consciousness of a country - and the world....
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